Costing the Earth

KS1/2

Children will explore how energy is used in the home and discover simple strategies to conserve energy. Children will plan individual actions to reduce energy waste around the home and the school environment. They will work collectively to create an energy-saving action plan for the class or the whole school.

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Lesson plans

This lesson explores saving energy and flows from the storybook Fair Day's Pay. It can also be done as a stand-alone activity to explore the cost of energy in the home. A Saving Energy Factsheet is provided for use in the classroom and at home. Using the Energy Waste activity, children explore the ways in which they can contribute to saving energy around the home (and even at school). Each pop-up offers advice on how they can make small changes that all add up to a big saving. This is a must for all budding eco-warriors.

Children will consider individual actions they can take to reduce energy waste around the home and the school environment. Children will work collectively to create an energy-saving action plan for the class or the whole school.

Using a simple board game (see activity link below), children explore the concepts contained in the Energy Waste activity through a different format. You will need to print out, cut up and prepare the game elements and you will also need dice.

Curriculum links for PSHE are set out as a curriculum assessment schedule for this unit and links to statutory frameworks are included.